Moments later, the battle escalated.
Moreover, compared to when she joined forces with the man in black earlier, Qiu Qianqian's condition had suddenly improved a lot, and she was able to press forward again, chasing Jing Zhe further and further away.
Once they were some distance from the man in black, Qiu Qianqian's attacks always brushed past Jing Zhe, and she got closer and closer to him. She said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I'll give you an opening later, you hit me once and then run! With your lightness skill, he won't be able to catch you!"
"..."
If the previous release of water was done secretly, now it's done openly.
Seeing that Jing Zhe didn't react, Qiu Qianqian became a little anxious and said while fighting, "Do you think you can beat me? Now there's another person at the early stage of the fourth level. If I hadn't deliberately let you win, do you think you could have lasted this long?"
"Listen to me now! Time is running out. Even if I wanted you to leave later, you wouldn't be able to!"
Qiu Qianqian had already intended to let Jing Zhe go, and when she heard the man in black say that Su Xinping had asked her to go there, she felt extremely disgusted and didn't want to kill Jing Zhe anymore, which is why she advised him in this way.
While dealing with Qiu Qianqian's soft palm strikes, Jing Zhe asked curiously, "Miss Qiu, did they really force you to take poison? You are so much weaker than before, has the poison taken effect?"
"That's none of your business!"
Qiu Qianqian roared in suppressed voice, wishing she could kick Jing Zhe a couple of times, "How can you still have the mood to worry about such trivial matters?"
"Hit me now!"
"..."
Hearing Qiu Qianqian's earnest request, Jing Zhe was a little embarrassed, but suddenly, a glint flashed in his eyes.
"Miss Qiu, I'm so sorry!"
Without hesitation, he made a lightning-fast move, blocking the attack and then striking Qiu Qianqian in the chest!
Neither of them intended to really fight, nor did the other intend to dodge, so Jing Zhe's large hand struck solidly—or rather, brushed against Qiu Qianqian's round, full breasts…
That...bastard!
You're still trying to take advantage of me at a time like this?
Aren't you afraid I'll change my mind and cruelly kill him?
Despite thinking this, Qiu Qianqian still let out a soft "ooh" and flew away.
If you don't have a certain level of skill, you really can't perform such a difficult maneuver of flying backwards from a standing position.
Just when she thought Jing Zhe had "knocked her away" and was about to run away, she was surprised to find that not only did he not run, but he chased after her again!
"???"
Qiu Qianqian had a lot of questions popping into her head.
She felt that Jing Zhe must have something wrong with his brain. Why did he chase after her when she told him to run?
Just then, a figure swept past her.
It turned out that when the man in black saw that Jing Zhe was entangled by Qiu Qianqian, he thought of ambushing Jing Zhe and slashed at him with his big knife.
Unfortunately, before he even reached the ground, Jing Zhe had already repelled Qiu Qianqian and was flying towards him!
He had no choice but to grit his teeth and raise his knife to strike!
Jing Zhe used his lightness skill, and felt that he had reached the limit. The movements of the man in black were like slow motion in his eyes. He dodged in an instant and took out a grenade that he had not yet had time to test from his clothes. He lit it with a tinderbox, and the fuse burned with a "whoosh"!
At this moment, the man in black had already turned around, but his lightness skill was still only at the middle stage of the first level of swift movement, far inferior to Jing Zhe's, and he couldn't see Jing Zhe's movements at all.
Suddenly, two small jars appeared in his arms.
"???"
The man in black stared blankly at the two small jars, whose purpose he didn't know, that had been stuffed into his clothes.
He knew the gap between himself and Jing Zhe. His sneak attack failed, and he knew that if they fought one-on-one, he would have no chance. He quickly retreated to Qiu Qianqian's side and took out a small jar to see what it was.
"don't want!"
Jing Zhe's face turned green.
Killing the man in black would be enough, but he's too close to Qiu Qianqian. If he accidentally hurts her, it will be disastrous.
As a fifth-level expert, Qiu Qianqian had a much sharper sense of danger. Although she didn't know what the small jar was, the sound of the fuse burning made her hair stand on end and her emotions tense.
Subconsciously, she moved back.
But because she was too weak, she hadn't even taken two steps back when she heard a deafening roar in her ears. Before she could react, there was another loud bang!
Everything happened too fast; in the blink of an eye, the two grenades exploded one after the other.
A cloud of black smoke billowed in front of Jing Zhe, but he didn't care about being choked by it and rushed straight in.
He didn't care about the life or death of the man in black—from the deafening noise just now, he could tell that the man in black carrying two grenades was definitely dead. The only thing he cared about was Qiu Qianqian!
"Miss Qiu!"
As the black smoke gradually dissipated, the ground was covered in blood.
The man in black lay dead in a pool of blood.
A few meters behind him, Qiu Qianqian was lying there.
Jing Zhe knew something was wrong and quickly ran over to help her up.
"Miss Qiu!"
I called out, but there was no response.
He checked Qiu Qianqian's breathing; it was weak but even. Jing Zhe then examined her and found no wounds on her body, indicating that she had only been knocked unconscious by the shockwave from the grenade explosion and should be fine.
That put my mind at ease.
Without giving it any further thought, or even wanting to deal with the body of the man in black, he picked up Qiu Qianqian, mounted his horse, and rode back to the city.
...
"Young Master has returned!"
Hanhan had already returned home from the newspaper office and was standing in the yard. When he saw Jing Zhe enter, he excitedly called out.
He had only said half of what he wanted to say when he saw that Jing Zhe hadn't come back alone; he was carrying a woman in his arms!
He remembered what the chieftain had told him that morning before he came down from Mangshan Mountain…
"Dà Hán, this trip to Jingzhou is going to take who knows how long. There are lots of girls in Jingzhou, and they're quite bold. There will definitely be many people eyeing Zhe'er, so you'd better keep a close eye on him!"
Thinking about all this gave Hanhan a headache.
Since coming down from Mangshan, the young chieftain has been in contact with far too many women!
Needless to say, there's the two older sisters, a fairy, a garden owner, plus Zhang Xiaoyu and Yu Xiangrong...
Hanhan felt sorry for Lu Li.
So they quickly gathered around Jing Zhe, wanting to see who the woman in his arms was. If it was one of the others, that would be fine, but if it was yet another newcomer…
Before he could even think of what to do, Jing Zhe glared at him with displeasure: "What are you looking at here for?"
"I... didn't see anything!"
He scratched his head sheepishly, pretending nothing was wrong.
"Then what are you doing wandering around here for?!"
Jing Zhe thought for a moment, then instructed, "Hanhan, go to Wenxiangju for a meal, and have Shitou send some food home. Oh, and by the way, you can go to the newspaper office again tomorrow morning!"
"oh."
As he stepped out of the door, Hanhan realized something was wrong. It wasn't even dark yet, so why were they giving instructions for the next morning?
Suddenly I froze: The young chieftain isn't letting me come back...
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